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• North Van RCMP seek dash cam footage after officer injured - Vancouver Courier

  09-02-2019 23:50
  North Van RCMP seek dash cam footage after officer injured  Vancouver CourierNorth Vancouver RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a motorcyclist who clipped and injured one of their members during a traffic stop.
  
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• Mediator brought in to labour dispute at Vancouver Art Gallery

  09-02-2019 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  Both sides involved in a labour dispute at the Vancouver Art Gallery will meet with a mediator on Sunday.
  The gallery, in downtown Vancouver, remains open but operating with a skeleton staff after 200 unionized workers went on strike on Tuesday morning.
  The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 15, says, in a statement that it had applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board for a mediator
  CUPE 15 President Warren Williams says that after eight months of bargaining, members are frustrated the
  
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• Squamish-Lillooet district still grappling with short-term rentals

  09-02-2019 23:22
  
  Regional district board members divided over right level of regulation and whether it should be enforced based on complaints
  
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• Health officials confirm case of measles in Vancouver - North Delta Reporter

  09-02-2019 23:11
  Health officials confirm case of measles in Vancouver  North Delta ReporterMeasles is a severely contagious illness that spreads easily through the air.
  
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• Union brings in mediator to Vancouver Art Gallery labour dispute

  09-02-2019 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  Both sides involved in a labour dispute at the Vancouver Art Gallery will meet with a mediator Sunday.
  The gallery, located in downtown Vancouver, remains open but operating with a skeleton staff after 200 unionized workers went on strike Tuesday morning.
  The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 15, says, in a statement, that it had applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board for a mediator
  CUPE 15 President Warren Williams says after eight months of bargaining, members are frustrated the ga
  
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• High winds cause power outages, B.C. Ferries to cancel sailings

  09-02-2019 18:36 via vancouversun.com
  Arctic winds slapped the South Coast Friday evening and Saturday, causing ferry cancellations and power outages.
  As of Saturday morning, more than 74,000 B.C. Hydro customers in the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, and Vancouver Island were without power because of the high winds.
  BC Hydro spokesman Kevin Aquino said a lot of tree and branches had come into contact with electrical equipment. He added that there were also several reports of downed power lines.
  “This is a safety issue. We are
  
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• Vancouver Weather: No snow? There could still be more on way

  09-02-2019 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Well, Metro Vancouver didn’t get that dump of snow that was in the forecast for Friday and Saturday, but it did see some howling Arctic winds overnight. Environment Canada has lifted the special weather statement Saturday for snow in the region. The agency says Saturday is expected to be mainly cloudy, with sunny breaks, zero degrees, and winds gusting up to 70 km/hr. However, that wind should diminish later in the day. Tonight is going to be clear and frosty, with
  
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• BC Home + Garden Show: Find everything you need to know for your next big project

  09-02-2019 15:32 via vancouversun.com
  It doesn’t matter how many times it’s happened before: Every time the BC Home + Garden show opens, show manager Tyson Kidd feels a mix of excitement and satisfaction at a job well done.
  “We really try to keep ourselves dialled in to what’s fresh and exciting,” he says. “We work with so many skilled designers and landscapers and renovators, who keep us tuned into hot button issues and trends that work for our speakers’ stages.”
  This year, the speake
  
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• Yurts offer a whole new take on compact living

  09-02-2019 15:30 via vancouversun.com
  In the conversation around creative solutions for livable or usable space, the BC Home + Garden Show has previously presented tiny houses and shipping-container homes.
  For 2019, it’s all about yurt living.
  A yurt—also known as a ger in Mongolia—is a circular tent designed for year-round living or use. While designed to be highly portable for its original nomadic users, it can also be set up at a permanent location. The base is a cylinder, wider than it is tall, topped by a dome
  
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• Jane Stoller promises decluttering your home will improve your life

  09-02-2019 15:29 via vancouversun.com
  First things first, says Jane Stoller, principal of Organized Jane. Getting organized is not as complicated as it seems.
  “It could be as simple as taking 10 minutes a day to tidy up,” explains the life and business organizer, who will be speaking at this year’s BC Home + Garden Show. “Start small, chip away at it, and make it a habit, part of your daily routine.”
  Stoller says it’s key to have a conversation about how being organized will improve your quality o
  
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• The experts share all their best advice at the Vancouver Sun Gardeners’ School

  09-02-2019 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  Few things in life are more rewarding than planting a seed, nurturing the plant through its growth cycle and harvesting the bounty of vegetables, fruit and flowers.
  Now you can learn how to make the most of your outdoor space with advice from the gardening gurus at the Vancouver Sun Gardeners’ School at the BC Home + Garden Show at BC Place.
  Among them is landscape designer and television personality Carson Arthur of Cityline and HGTV’s Home to Win, who will be speaking about patio a
  
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• Island time with Bryan Baeumler

  09-02-2019 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  As a frequent and popular speaker at home shows across the country, contractor and HGTV host Bryan Baeumler (Bryan Inc.) feels confident he can guide people through pretty much any renovation dilemma.
  “In Vancouver I get a lot of questions about moisture issues, and there are always people concerned about foundations and framing,” he says. “I’ve worked on enough houses to be basically familiar with pretty much any situation out there.”
  Throwing himself and his famil
  
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• Kitchen design inspired by memories of the Caribbean

  09-02-2019 15:23 via vancouversun.com
  Memories of the Caribbean—the distinctive blue waters and golden beaches—inspired the kitchen’s colour and material choices when this recently purchased 1980s-era Surrey home underwent a complete renovation.
  “This client loved the turquoise-teal-blue sea colour, reminiscent of holidays in the Caribbean, and she wanted to make it a focal point,” says interior designer Morgan Weldrick of My House Design/Build/Team. “Most people are scared of committing to [a col
  
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• Gleaming finishes and functional features make this kitchen one for the family of the future

  09-02-2019 15:22 via vancouversun.com
  This 13-by-13-foot display suite kitchen for the Osler Residences by Alabaster Homes’ 80-unit townhouse development in Marpole provided a modern foundation that enabled homebuyers to inject their own style and colour preferences into the space, says Jennifer Hawk, principal of Occupy Design, who designed the kitchen.
  “The inspiration for the kitchens was to provide a beautiful and functional space for today’s Vancouver families,” says Hawk. “We wanted the space to f
  
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• An unplanned kitchen reno becomes a serene refuge

  09-02-2019 15:21 via vancouversun.com
  Inspired by its location on the edge of a forest, the kitchen in this North Vancouver home exudes West Coast style by focusing on its connection to the outdoors, incorporating natural wood finishes and maximizing the benefits of natural light.
  The kitchen was originally outside the scope of planned renovations, but when the wall separating the kitchen from the living room was replaced with a 22-foot-long structural beam, the owners quickly realized it would have to be included to get the look an
  
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• From the French Impressionists to images of dust, Vancouver’s art galleries interpret the world around us in visual form

  09-02-2019 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Art Gallery
  Sixty paintings and sculptures on loan from the Brooklyn Museum cover the key movements in and around Paris between 1850 and 1950. Organized into several sections, French Moderns exhibits work by Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Gabriele Münter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Auguste Rodin.
  French Moderns: Monet
  
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• Canada’s new foodie destination, Edmonton

  09-02-2019 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  Almond croissant and madeleine at Duchess Bake Shop.
  Edmonton may be way up north by the 53rd parallel, but it’s hardly the boondocks. Well, not unless you’re actually at Bündok, the busy little 38-seat bistro on Edmonton’s 104th Street that found its way onto enRoute magazine’s influential top 10 list last year.
  “These last two years have been crazy,” says chef-owner Ryan Hotchkiss. Edmontonians have known for ages just how great their city’s culin
  
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• Five Things: Get your home ready for the Year of the Pig with these stylish accents

  09-02-2019 15:07 via vancouversun.com
  Gung hay fat choy! In the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the Year of the Pig. Celebrate this year of good fortune and prosperity with décor elements in lucky red, precious gold and adorably porcine motifs.
  Lunar New Year collection from Williams Sonoma
  Feast on thisFestooned with sinuous dragons and stylized flowers, the Lunar New Year collection from Williams Sonoma features fine porcelain plates and bowls, as well as spatulas, glassware and more. Starting at $40.95, williams-sonoma.ca
  Baccar
  
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• Modular construction may prove to be a functional solution to the housing crisis

  09-02-2019 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  Long before online ordering at Amazon.ca, the Sears print catalogue was the major shopping source for Canadian families, especially those in rural areas lacking any nearby retail locations. Consumers bought household tools and appliances through mail order as well as the same item of kids’ clothing in multiple sizes, with an easy return policy for items that didn’t fit.
  But a lesser-known item at Sears was the prefabricated single-family home, mass-produced in a U.S. manufacturing fa
  
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• Housing affordability in 2019 — Will it get better or worse?

  09-02-2019 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  Although the temperature has dialled down in Canada’s hottest housing markets, it keeps on getting less affordable to own a home. In RBC’s latest quarterly Housing Affordability Report, the affordability measure is now at its worst level in Canada since 1990. Rising interest rates and the mortgage stress test are the main causes.
  The mortgage stress test, introduced in 2018, requires would-be buyers to qualify at a significantly higher interest rate than their offered rate, thus cont
  
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• UDI forecast predicts the housing market to “reset” in 2019

  09-02-2019 15:03 via vancouversun.com
  Housing industry leaders say Metro Vancouverites can expect to see single-family home prices continue to fall this year along with some softening in the prices of new multi-family homes. But if you are counting on the housing market to be hit by a true recession, you may end up waiting a long, long time.
  Both Neil Chrystal, president of Polygon Homes Ltd., and Eric Carlson, founder and CEO of Anthem Properties, two of B.C.’s biggest developers, told the recent Urban Development Institute&r
  
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• Living large in South Surrey dream home

  09-02-2019 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  On the outside, it looks rather impressive. On the inside, it feels downright grand.
  This 7,200-square-foot modern limestone home, one of eight grand prize choices in the BC Children’s Hospital Choices Lottery, is a $3.8-million prize package, all in. Located in the well-treed and family-friendly Elgin Estates district of South Surrey, it’s spacious to the max and dazzles with natural light and clever interior lighting. “It defines elegance in the modern style,” says buil
  
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• Black is the new black in University District

  09-02-2019 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not a colour that normally springs to mind when considering bathrooms and kitchens, but black is enjoying a new-found popularity in Metro Vancouver condos, say the interior designers of one of Surrey’s newest residential projects.
  BYU Design has incorporated striking Grohe-brand black matte plumbing fixtures in the 850-square-foot showroom for University District’s 28-storey North Tower and the taller 38-storey South Tower that developer BlueSky Properties is now marketing
  
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• Amenities space at Surrey’s Centra to include shared work spaces

  09-02-2019 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  With entrepreneurs and small business accounting for the lion’s share of new job growth in Canada, it’s not surprising that residential developers are jumping on the bandwagon to provide working space for this new form of employment.
  Centra, a new 24-storey high rise in the Whalley neighbourhood, is developing shared work spaces as part of the 16,000-square-foot amenities space it is developing for its 167 units to be built close to the bustling Central Surrey district on the Skytrai
  
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• The Home Front: Expert dishes on how to streamline your life

  09-02-2019 14:43 via vancouversun.com
  If you want to get organized, start with your closet, says Jane Stoller, otherwise known as Organized Jane. The professional organizer, who has written a book on the subject (Organizing for your lifestyle) and is working on a second.
  “I had 10-years-plus experience working in the materials construction industry,” says Stoller. “I found 90 per cent of my time was spent on organizing processes and business improvement, so I developed a four-step process that I use in bu
  
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• Hikers, dogs rescued from Vancouver Island mountain amid winter storm - North Delta Reporter

  09-02-2019 09:00
  Hikers, dogs rescued from Vancouver Island mountain amid winter storm  North Delta ReporterComox Valley Ground Search and Rescue was called out to Strathcona Park in the midst of Friday's winter storm, to rescue a group of stranded hikers.
  
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• VPD investigating after pedestrian dies in Downtown Eastside bus collision

  09-02-2019 06:34 via vancouversun.com
  A 63-year-old man is dead after a bus crash in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Friday evening.
  The incident occurred just before 5:30 p.m., as the bus pulled away from its stop at Hastings and Abbott, heading east towards Carrall Street.
  Moments later, the bus struck the man, who has not been identified. He died at the scene.
  Police said speed does not appear to be a factor in the fatal crash, but an investigation is ongoing. Traffic has been diverted on Hastings between Abbott and C
  
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• Maple Ridge granted injunction to enforce fire safety at tent city

  09-02-2019 05:58 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s Supreme Court has granted an injunction that will allow the city of Maple Ridge to address a number of safety issues at the embattled Anita Place Tent City.
  In a ruling handed down Feb. 8, the province’s highest court agreed that Maple Ridge has the right to remove accelerants, electrical connections and other materials posing a risk to fire safety on 223rd Street. 
  “The injunction order also provides guidance on the RCMP’s role in ensuring that the court
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Some snow, cold winds force ferry cancellations

  09-02-2019 05:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Snow is expected to fall on Metro Vancouver Friday, with up to four centimetres accumulation. A special weather statement for snow and Arctic wind Friday and Saturday remains in effect for the South Coast. Some regions will likely see more snow, according to Environment Canada, including parts of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, which could see up to 10 centimetres.
  Later in the day, B.C. Ferries cancelled the 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. sailings of the Coastal Inspi
  
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• Which MLAs broke the law? Speaker should tell us who might go to jail

  09-02-2019 04:26 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — On first reading of the responses from the two suspended officials in the B.C. legislature scandal, I looked for the wood splitter, the $10,000 worth of booze and the corruption watch.
  Clerk of the legislature Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz both defended the $13,000 wood splitter and trailer as purchases for earthquake preparedness.
  James says the splitter was parked at his house for a time, pending preparation of a concrete storage pad out behind the ledge.
  The
  
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• Editorial: NDP should sell B.C. Place completely

  09-02-2019 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  The Horgan government’s decision to sell the naming rights for B.C. Place Stadium has generated the same kind of public controversy that arose previous times that provincial governments mused about new financial deals for the publicly owned sports and entertainment facility.
  There are those who say that the name should be left alone because taxpayers financed the construction and maintenance of the stadium for hundreds of millions of dollars over nearly four decades; that it’s &ldquo
  
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• Pet killer sentenced to four months for using chat rooms in breach of court order

  09-02-2019 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  A high-risk violent offender diagnosed with psychiatric disorders was sentenced to four months in jail on Friday for using the internet in violation of one of many court-ordered restrictions against her.
  Kayla Bourque, 29, convicted in 2012 of killing a family dog and a cat, and causing them unnecessary pain, was arrested last month for the breach of conditions imposed on her after release from an earlier sentence.
  She pleaded guilty to the breach, which happened during November. She has been in
  
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• B.C. legislature scandal: Exclusive first look at suspended officials' responses to Speaker's allegations

  09-02-2019 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  In detailed reports that deny any wrongdoing, the suspended clerk of the legislature, Craig James, and the suspended sergeant-at-arms, Gary Lenz, dismiss allegations that they misspent taxpayer money as inaccurate and unfair.
  The pair have provided in-depth explanations for the most explosive allegations levelled at them in a January report by Speaker Darryl Plecas, such as wasting taxpayers’ money on a $13,000 wood splitter and trailer, a $1,200 suit, a $1,100 suitcase and $10,000 in alco
  
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• Investigation: Few convictions for money laundering in B.C. since 2002

  09-02-2019 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  On the afternoon of June 26, 2015, suspected drug traffickers Michael Reg Whieldon and David Bjorn Johnson arrived in Whieldon’s pickup truck at a supposed cosmetics manufacturer in southeast Vancouver.
  Whieldon got out of his 2010 Dodge Ram pickup and carried a black-and-blue bag to the business on East Kent Avenue South, in a commercial building near the north arm of the Fraser River. According to police surveillance, about 10 minutes later, Whieldon returned to the truck empty-handed an
  
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• Taiwan seeks Canada's help finding, deporting fugitive/celebrity blogger

  09-02-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Glamorous Taiwanese influencer Su Chen Tuan (better known as Lady Nai Nai), flanked by her father-in-law Huang Li Hsiung (left) and her husband Huang Po Chien (right). (Photos: Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice, Investigation Bureau)
  In a well-publicized, high-stakes, geopolitical spat, Beijing has been calling on Ottawa to release a tech executive.
  And now in lighter, but still intriguing news, officials in Taipei are asking Ottawa to help find and deport from Canada a celebrity blogger accuse
  
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• B.C. court overturns murder conviction in Good Samaritan stabbing case

  09-02-2019 01:36 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. top court has overturned a second-degree murder conviction against a man who was found guilty of stabbing a Good Samaritan in downtown Vancouver.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal ordered a new trial in the case of Kenneth Williams, who was handed a life sentence in June 2017 with no chance of parole for 10 years.
  B.C. Supreme Court heard 28-year-old Robert Smith was killed in 2014 when he got out of a cab and tried to intervene in a fight that broke out between the driver and Williams after William
  
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• Transport minister orders trains to use handbrakes after deadly B.C. derailment

  09-02-2019 00:47 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains.
  Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the order is a precaution until the cause of the derailment is determined. It takes effect immediately.
  “My department has issued a Ministerial Order under the Railway Safety Act to all railway companies mandating the use of handbrakes should a train be stopped o
  
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• Sinkholes-plagued Sechelt neighbourhood on evacuation alert

  09-02-2019 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  Fourteen homes in a Sechelt neighbourhood plagued by sinkholes have been placed on evacuation alert by the district.
  A new engineering study received by the District of Sechelt this week concluded homes in the Seawatch neighbourhood near a massive new sinkhole are not safe to occupy.
  Geotechnical instability has resulted in multiple sinkholes in the area of North Gale Avenue and Seawatch Lane, with “the potential of danger to life and health,” the warning reads.
  Residents have b
  
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• Douglas Todd: Why the excitement over the speculation-tax form?

  09-02-2019 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  I’m not a fan of filling out forms.
  So I worried after commentators and politicians warned it could take 40 minutes to fill out what was being called a 14-page form for the B.C. government’s speculation and vacancy tax. Headlines declared the forms are causing “devastation.”
  When the tax notice arrived in our mailbox this week, marked “Action Required,” I was curious about how bad it was going to be. I grabbed my smartphone and clicked on its stopwatch functio
  
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• Investigation: Only 10 convictions for money laundering in B.C. since 2002

  09-02-2019 00:12 via vancouversun.com
  On the afternoon of June 26, 2015, suspected drug traffickers Michael Reg Whieldon and David Bjorn Johnson arrived in Whieldon’s pickup truck at a supposed cosmetics manufacturer in southeast Vancouver.
  Whieldon got out of his 2010 Dodge Ram pickup and carried a black-and-blue bag to the business on East Kent Avenue South, in a commercial building near the north arm of the Fraser River. According to police surveillance, about 10 minutes later, Whieldon returned to the truck empty-handed an
  
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• Accused in Vancouver child sex bust has new court date set

  09-02-2019 00:12 via vancouversun.com
  A man charged with allegedly agreeing to buy sex from a teen girl in a Vancouver police sting had his court date on Friday put over to later in the month.
  Jun Jie He, 36, had a scheduled court appearance in Vancouver provincial court but he didn’t appear in person and his lawyer and the Crown prosecutor set the new date.
  His next court date was set for Feb. 26.
  He was among seven men charged with obtaining the sexual services of a person under 18 after Vancouver police set up an online sti
  
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